Scarborough Mere - Part II

Female Goosander and Red Brested Merganser

Goosander

Red Brested Merganser

Gadwall

Herring Gull

Another trip to Scarborough Mere and the pair of Goosander and the single female Red Breasted Merganser were still present and showing well. Huge numbers of coot on the main lake and quite a large group of gulls consisting of Herring Gull, Common Gull and Black Headed Gull.

Scarborough Mere - Part I

Goosander

Red Breasted Merganser

Goosander and Merganser

Don't come to close or else!

Coot

Moorhen

Tufted Duck wearing designer weed.

Grey Wagtail

Black Headed Gull

An early morning walk around Scarborough Mere gave good views of the pair of Goosanders and the single female Red Breasted Merganser which was spotted by the Scarborough Birders team yesterday. Also present on the mere was Grey Wagtail, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Grey Lag Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Herring Gull, Black Headed Gull, Common Gull.

Burton Riggs YWT - Part I

Black Throated Diver

Pochard

Scaup

White Fronted Goose

Hybrid Goose

Spent the afternoon at Burton Riggs YWT Reserve, Scarborough. A Black Throated Diver had been spotted in the morning by the Scarborough Birders who were out on their annual bird race,

with lots of patience this bird would show well as it patrolled the lake from one end to the other.

A female Scaup has been present at Burton Riggs for the last few days and was showing well on the opposite lake to the diver as well as a single White Fronted Goose. The hybrid Goose which i found on Willerby Carr before christmas has taken up residency with the Grey Lag's and Canada Geese, also present on the reserve was Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Little Grebe, Moorhen and coot.

More Snow Buntings

A return trip to Blue Dolphin for more pics of the Snow Bunting flock. Much better light conditions, but still very windy and the birds are constantly on the move making it very hard to focus and get some decent sharp images. Possibly will try again tomorrow, plus might pop to Flamborough Head as a flock of 15+ Lapland Buntings have been seen there over the last few days.

Snow Buntings

A trip back up to Blue Dolphin with Dave Mansell to try and find the flock of Snow Buntings that have been seen the last few days. Very snowy, cold, windy and dark conditions, but we thought we would give it a go to try and photography these birds in there proper climate.

If the light improves over the next few days, will pop back up to try and get some decent images, and hopefully the flock might have grown with possibly an adult male or two.